Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-01
NO ENCOURAGEMENT.
The Order consolidating the Fourth
Internal Revenue District to stand
"A Rock Island Protest Against the
Move and also Against Republican

Internal Revenue District to stand
"A Rock Island Protest Against the
Move and also Against a Republican
Postmaster.
The following special telegram from
Washington. appeared in the Chicago
Times today:
Congressman Anderson and Collector
Kelly started for Quincy this evening
without having received any encourage
ment that the order of the president con-
solidating the Quincy internal>revenue
district would be modified.
Col. Morrison took them to see Com
missioner Miller today, and they explain
ed the Inconvenience to Quincy business
men that would result from the abolition
of the collectors office in that city.
The commissioner replied that he felt
the force of what they said, but the presi
dent ana the secretary of the treasury
had concluded that the internal revenue
could be collected with fewer collectors,
and in order to give the least ground for
complaint in the consolidation it was de-
cided to reduce the mbef of districts in
the states that had the largest number of
districts, and in any given state to abolish
the districts that yielded the least revenue
Ii was this general project that unfor
tunately bit Quincy and Aurora, but
wherever district was consolidated out
of existence there WAS Inconvenience and
complaint, and if the order we're modified
to suit the people of Quincy there would be
strenuous appeals for its modification in
other localities The whole subject of
consolidation of districts had been con
sidered with deliberation and care, and
he could not recommend the president
modification of bis order.
Col. Morrison, Messrs. Anderson and
Kelly called on Secretary Fairchild, but
| this was rather call of ceremony than 8
further effort to save the Quincy collec.
! ton district Col. Morrison has received
| letter from a prominent democrat IN
| Rock Island protesting against the aboli'
| ton of the Fourth internal revenue dis
| irict and the annexation of the Rocb
| Island end of it to the Peoria district
| III thdt thC pipSbCttS VI tht
democratic party in the Rock Island con
| gressional district were none too good
and would be impaired by this move
The democrats of Rock Island would los,
the internal revenue patronage they now
enjoy, and they are already at disad
vantage because the postoffice is still il
the hands sf republican, fact which
leads the writer to speak complainingl,
OF the administration.
As to the postoffice, it should be sal,
that the present administration ha
changed seven>eighths of all the presi
dental postmasters, and it has sppointe,
$4,000 fourth class postmasters when Their
are less than $4,000 fourth class offices il
all. Nearly 100 republicans have beel
removed from aud nearly 800 democrat
have been appointed to presidential post
offices since congress adjourned. TIL
r. st of the vacancies have been cause
by deaths, designations and the establish
ment of new offices. About the onl
postotfices remaining In the hands of re
puhlicans are those situated where th
democrats are seriously divided in regar
to the succession. Rock Islend is cas-
in point There are two factions anon
the democrats there geographically pushin
two candidates for the office, and viii
they quarrel the president leaves the III
! cumbent alone. When his term expire:
or the Rock Island democrats reach som,
thing like an agreement. there will be r
trouble about getting a democrat al
pointed postmaster.